In situ probing reveals Aquabacterium commune as a widespread and highly abundant bacterial species in drinking water biofilms

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 575-581

  Kalmbach, Sibylle ^a   Manz, Werner ^a   Bendinger, Bernd ^b   Szewzyk, Ulrich ^a  

^a T Systems   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquabacterium commune; Drinking water biofilms; FISH; In situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; POTABLE WATER; RNA; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES;

WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLASS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AQUABACTERIUM COMMUNE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN;

AQUABACTERIUM CITRATIPHILUM; AQUABACTERIUM COMMUNE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0034142586     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00179-7     Document Type: Article

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